The call to switch from a waterlogged Wisbech Park to an alternative premises was made at 11am, one hour before the festival’s start time.

Town council members and volunteers frantically called around venues asking if they would be able to stage the event at the shortest of notice.

Mr Jordan said: “From a health and safety perspective we had to find an alternative location.

“The Queen Mary Centre was pretty much an ideal venue. All credit to them for stepping up and to the town council members and volunteers for their hard work. “The festival was so successful it has made us think about staging an indoor event in the future.”